Pearson Dividend yield

Pearson is part of Media business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Pearson is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Pearson stock dividend

Pearson paid a total dividend of 158 million GBP last year, for a market value of 6,007 millions (Market Cap 5,988 millions). Pearson dividend per share is 0.22 GBP, and his stock market price 8.39 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Pearson has a dividend yield of 2.61%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Consumer Services industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare Pearson stocks dividend with other Media companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

Pearson Dividend Payout

About the ability of Pearson to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.22 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.61%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Pearson payout on ernings is currently 37.29%, which is lower than the market average, but higher than companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that Pearson is in a good position to keep maintaining his dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Pearson is GBP 0.54 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.22, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Pearson, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Consumer Services industry and Media sector companies.

Pearson Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Pearson's dividend stock, both in percentage and in GBP, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.61%	0.22	37.29%	716
2022	2.21%	0.21	46.67%	720
2021	3.23%	0.20	30.77%	756
2020	2.87%	0.20	32.26%	752
2019	2.98%	0.19	19.00%	781
2018	1.86%	0.17	13.82%	781
2017	5.30%	0.39	-15.35%	812
2016	6.54%	0.52	38.52%	822
2015	6.30%	0.52	53.06%	813

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Pearson dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Media stocks.

Pearson Stock performance

Finally, last moth Pearson showed a return of -3.00% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -2.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Media firms.